Some amazing friends of ours are going through the process of approval as foster parents at the moment. One of the things they were saying they’d been advised to create was a welcome book. As we were chatting about this I got really excited about the idea and offered to make it for them. I…
I’ve already posted about how I made the tablecloth. This is how I turned it into the playhouse. I was so pleased with the tablecloth I was really nervous about cutting into it, but I’m really happy with how it turned out. My playhouse had three additional projects, I’ve written them up individually below: Door,…
I’m going to do this post in two halves. What I actually did was make this toadstool tablecloth and then turn it into a playhouse. But I loved it just as a tablecloth and think it is a worthy project in its own right. I was making this for a friend and her table is…
So this was a stroke of space saving genius if I do say so myself. The ironing board and the spare bed took up the whole room between them. We had a single bed with a trundle bed underneath. So we gave away the spare bed and kept the mattress on the low trundle base…
A true quilter would be appalled at this effort I suspect, but I’m in very early days of learning to quilt by trial and error. I have a plan to make a big quilt out of ripstop nylon. The big quilt is going to be used as a cover for a folded down table tennis…
A friend of mine had bought all the wherewithal to make herself Roman blinds to match her lounge curtains. The cost of having them custom made appalled her, but the task of actually making up the blinds never made it to the top of the ‘to do’ list. So I offered to help out.…
I thought I’d do a few mini posts of things I have made which might be handy resources for others. This is clearly inspired by magnetic fridge poetry. I wanted to make my own as a reflective activity for a conference. This meant I needed my own words rather than the standard ones. You will…
I wanted something to put goodies in at a small conference. I have a ton of stuff to carry in for these sort of things so I wanted something light to carry and squishable. Speed was a factor so I didn’t want to follow a pattern to make something perfect, just something easy and pretty.…
I really couldn’t think of a snappier title than this, but it is a fun thing to make and a great Bible study resource too. I’ve made two versions, both pictured in this post. One is much bigger than the other, basically because it was for a bigger group. If you are looking for more…
This is a really basic idea, but people always love it. Essentially you turn some sort of surface (here an artist’s canvas) into a giant post-it note using repositionable spray mount. Then, non sticky paper can be added to make a picture or display. It is great as a teaching aid in a classroom or…
The Pumpkin Room 